Milton G. Tooma

Published 12:16 pm Tuesday, June 22, 2010

MEMPHIS ­— Milton G. “Buck” Tooma died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at Delta Medical Center in Memphis. He was 84.

Mr. Tooma was a former resident of Vicksburg.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Tooma.

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Survivors include his four daughters, Velda Griffin of Memphis, Shirley Porter of Park Forest, Ill., Laverna Phelps of Atlanta and Bobbie Porter of Crystal Springs; two sons, Robert Sims of County Club Hill, Ill., and Robert Butler of Vicksburg; and a sister, Bertha Tooma of Louisville, Ken.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Greater Harvest Church of God in Christ. Burial will follow at 10 a.m. Monday at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Friday at M.J. Edwards Funeral Home.